Sabine Grunwald

Research Team (last updated 9/2009)

Post-Docs

Dr. Ho-young Kwon

Post-Doc

11/2006 to present

Research project: Object-oriented transport modeling of phosphorus in various Florida crops

Ph.D. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2006)

Dr. Gustavo M. Vasques

Post-Doc

8/2009 to present

Research project: Carbon science research and outreach

Ph.D. Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida (2009)

Dr. D. Brenton Myers

Post-Doc

8/2008 to present

Research project: Geospatial soil modeling / soil carbon sequestration (FL)

Ph.D. University of Missouri (2008)

Graduate Students

	Jinseok Hong Ph.D. student 1/2006 to present Research project: Remote sensing supported soil-landscape modeling at multiple spatial scales in the Santa Fe River Watershed
	Louis Mantini 8/2009 to present Ph.D. student
	Jongsung Kim 8/2008 to present Ph.D. student Research project: Upscaling of biogeochemical soil properties across landscapes in Florida
	Pasicha Chaikaew 8/2009 to present Ph.D. student Research project: Carbon management and ecosystem services valuation
	Xiong Xiong 8/2009 to present Ph.D. student Research project: Multi-scale carbon modeling in Florida
	Wade Ross 1/2009 to present M.S. student Research project: GIS-based assessment of carbon stocks in St. Johns Basin, Florida
	Kathleen Lockhard 8/2005 to present M.S. student
	Dashiell Morris 8/2009 to present M.S. student (non-thesis)

Post-Docs Advised:

Dr. Deoyani Sarkhot (1/2008 to 4/2009). Project: Assessment of soil carbon storgate on a floodplain site using analytical, spectral and geostatistical methods.
Dr. Gregory L. Bruland (6/2004 to 12/2005). Projects: Geo-temporal modeling of soil nitrogen in the Santa Fe River Watershed; and spatially-explicit modeling of biogeochemical properties in Water Conservation Area 3, Everglades.
Dr. Ronald Corstanje (10/2004 to 5/2005). Project: Geostatistical modeling of the spatial distribution of biogeochemical soil and environmental properties in subtropical wetlands.
Dr. Christine Bliss (9/2002 to 12/2005). Projects: Investigate relationships between nitrogen in soils, foliage, throughfall and the atmosphere in Pinus elliottii adjacent to poultry operations that showed incidence of pitch canker; and geo-temporal modeling of soil nitrogen in the Santa Fe River Watershed.
Dr. Thomas F.A. Bishop (7/2002 to 7/2003). Project: Geo-spatial soil mapping in the Greater Everglades.

Students Graduated

Major advisor:

Gustavo M. Vasques (Ph.D.) - 2009

Dissertation: Spatial and spectral models of soil carbon at multiple scales in Florida.

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Bernard Fungo (M.S.) - 2008

Thesis: Erosion and land degradation on Luunyu soils in the Lake Victoria Basin, Uganda.

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Jessica McKay (M.S.) - 2008

Thesis: Utilizing a knowledge-based system to test the transferability of a soil-landscape model in northeastern Vermont.

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Tiffany Kapner (M.S.) - 2007

Thesis: Spatial relationships between physico-chemical soil properties and vegetative patterns in Everglades Water Conservation Area 1.

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Rosanna Rivero (Ph.D.) - 2006

Dissertation: Development of predictive models of soil phosphorus in Water Conservation Area-2A (Everglades), integrating remote sensing, GIS and geostatistics.

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Sanjay Lamsal (Ph.D.) - 2006

Dissertation: Development of holistic, quantitative soil-landscape models in north-east Florida.

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Kathleen McKee (M.S.) - 2005

Thesis: Predicting soil phosphorus storage in historically isolated wetlands within the Lake Okeechobee Priority Basins.

Aarthy Sabesan (M.S.) - 2004

Thesis: Geo-spatial assessment of the impact of land cover dynamics and distribution of land resources on soil and water quality in the Santa Fe River Watershed.

Supervisory committee:

Eef Meeerschman (M.S.) - 2009 (University of Ghent, Belgium)

Lori Clark (M.S.) - 2008 (Soil and Water Science Department, UF)

Brent Myers (Ph.D.) - 2008 (University of Missouri)

Dwain Butler (M.S.) - 2008 (Soil and Water Science Department, UF)

Mark McKenney (Ph.D.) - 2008 (Computer Science and Engineering Department, UF)

Alejandro Pauly (Ph.D.) - 2007 (Computer Science and Engineering Department, UF)

Claudia Arrieta (M.S.) - 2006 (Soil and Water Science Department, UF)

Chen Qi (M.S.) - 2004 (Civil and Coastal Engineering, UF)

Ravindra Ramnarine (M.S.) - 2003 (Soil and Water Science Department, UF)

Michael Tischler (M.S.) - 2002 (Soil and Water Science Department, UF)